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Nov. 8th, 2015 08:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotDid I sleep in late enough for how late I stayed out? Of course not.
So I checked into the motel around 3:30 yesterday, which was too late to really do anything but too early to get ready and go, so I hung around and watched Music & Lyrics on TV. Ducked out to Pizza Pizza for dindins, which was much worse than I expected it to be (I should have looked up a better place a bit farther away but I get nervous about timing and being finished in time). Came back and did my hair in a bun with my tiara, then got dressed. Realized corset needs bones in back very badly but somehow never get around to getting them and putting them in, but having straps sewn down and busk sewn in did make a big difference.
I made it to the old town hall/senior center all right, but parking was a nightmare. I ended up in a dark lot halfway down the block - it said tenants and customers only, but the stores were closed and I took the chance, although I was so stressed for the first two-thirds of the ball. I actually asked several people for advice as to whether I should move it, and the first few gave me I-don't-know looks while telling me they thought I might be okay. Finally someone told me they were pretty sure I'd at most very a ticket, not towed (which had been a big concern as I can't use my phone as a phone here), but he didn't think either would happen, so the knot of fear went away.
Did pretty well! I had sold one of my gratis copies to a friend at the museum meeting in the morning, and sold the other five at the ball. Feel a bit bad that I didn't sell any museum copies, but at least I didn't leave without having sold anything. It even worked out okay that I didn't have any Canadian money - for the first sale, I gave American change for Canadian money, and then had a few exact change American sales and another Canadian. A couple of people took my card and said they'd get it on Amazon because they didn't bring money or checkbooks or anything. I think it gave me the confidence to write to Batsford ... although they were all more interested in a men's book than another period, and I'm just not as into that. But we'll see what my editor says.
So I checked into the motel around 3:30 yesterday, which was too late to really do anything but too early to get ready and go, so I hung around and watched Music & Lyrics on TV. Ducked out to Pizza Pizza for dindins, which was much worse than I expected it to be (I should have looked up a better place a bit farther away but I get nervous about timing and being finished in time). Came back and did my hair in a bun with my tiara, then got dressed. Realized corset needs bones in back very badly but somehow never get around to getting them and putting them in, but having straps sewn down and busk sewn in did make a big difference.
I made it to the old town hall/senior center all right, but parking was a nightmare. I ended up in a dark lot halfway down the block - it said tenants and customers only, but the stores were closed and I took the chance, although I was so stressed for the first two-thirds of the ball. I actually asked several people for advice as to whether I should move it, and the first few gave me I-don't-know looks while telling me they thought I might be okay. Finally someone told me they were pretty sure I'd at most very a ticket, not towed (which had been a big concern as I can't use my phone as a phone here), but he didn't think either would happen, so the knot of fear went away.
Did pretty well! I had sold one of my gratis copies to a friend at the museum meeting in the morning, and sold the other five at the ball. Feel a bit bad that I didn't sell any museum copies, but at least I didn't leave without having sold anything. It even worked out okay that I didn't have any Canadian money - for the first sale, I gave American change for Canadian money, and then had a few exact change American sales and another Canadian. A couple of people took my card and said they'd get it on Amazon because they didn't bring money or checkbooks or anything. I think it gave me the confidence to write to Batsford ... although they were all more interested in a men's book than another period, and I'm just not as into that. But we'll see what my editor says.
